Background/purpose: This study aimed to identify common mistakes made in master's theses on mathematics education by Saudi mathematics students at lAU in Saudi Arabia, as determined through a content analysis, and to compare these with the views of faculty members. Materials/methods: A descriptive approach (analytical and survey) was employed. The…

Doing and teaching critical literacies (CL) is complex, unpredictable work. In this article, we explore an unexpected turning point, and "teachable moment", with postgraduate students in a South African university. We focus on a redesign task created to scaffold postgraduate students' developing understanding of critical literacy theory…

This basic interpretive qualitative study explores the multiple levels of context in which Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) Master's programs exist and how those levels of context influence curriculum development and teaching. Utilizing interviews with 44 HESA faculty members across the United States and Canada, findings illustrate how…

We posit that graduate student recruitment is a form of community engagement where universities invite community members to apply. We conducted a study about the recruitment experience with 29 newly matriculated graduate students of color. Many students reported that welcoming interactions as well as research and courses on diversity or racial…

A methodology for assessing the outcomes of required employability skills among recent engineering graduates is crucial for any effective engineering degree program. In this context, this paper presents a methodology for developing an employability skills model to estimate these outcomes by measuring the gap between expected and achieved skill…

Purpose: This paper considers boundary spanning in relation to the creation of an executive-in-residence position at a midwestern comprehensive university and the resulting impact on school-university partnerships. Design/methodology/approach: This paper is a case study. The researchers chronicle several current and ongoing school-university…

Graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) teach undergraduates directly, and many are future faculty, making it particularly important for them to be trained in using evidence-based instructional practices. We implemented and assessed a teaching professional development program for 19 biology GTAs aimed to help them develop their teaching perspectives…

In the boxplot, the box always represents -- regardless of its area -- the middle half of the data and thus a measure of variability (interquartile range). However, when students first learn about boxplots, they are usual already familiar with other forms of statistical representations (e.g., bar or circle graphs) in which a larger area represents…

Teaching residencies offer opportunities for sustained support within schools as a liminal space for novice teachers, and school-based mentor teachers significantly impact residency outcomes. Mentoring improves when mentors have clear expectations for their role and support for meeting those expectations. This mixed-method case study investigates…

Purpose: This conceptual study explores whether business competitions (BCs), a prominent yet understudied non-placement work-integrated learning (WIL) model, align with the recently proposed WIL criteria, thereby confirming their validity as scalable pedagogical tools to reduce the persistent competency gap in Master of Business Administration…

What does it mean to be a student of education? This book offers an excellent introduction to the content and espoused purposes of Education Studies degree courses, both undergraduate and postgraduate. Education Studies has shifted from simply the theory for teacher training to a popular university subject in its own right, with a wide array of…

Graduate employability remains a crucial measure in assessing higher education institutions (HEIs), yet a gap exists between the skills imparted by HEIs and evolving job market demands. In India, despite a youthful and English-speaking workforce with substantial global potential, HEIs, particularly State Open Universities (SOUs), experience…

This article aimed to map the evaluation use, identify the affecting factors, and analyze how they are related in the context of the Brazilian graduate evaluation system, which involves more than 7,000 master's and doctoral programs. Interviews were conducted with a representative sample of Professors, Graduate Program Coordinators, and Research…

Science education literature states that fostering students' and teachers' knowledge of NOS has shifted from being a desirable goal to an essential one. This article focuses on the development of NOS conceptions among MA Education students. To develop those conceptions, the researcher designed various learning activities in the context of…

Utilising a mixed-research method, this preliminary study explored the use of ChatGPT for seeking effective assignment feedback among a total of 11 adult learners in a graduate-level asynchronous online course in the Spring 2024 semester. Through analysing these learners' experiences on the activity of using ChatGPT to seek effective assignment…